Day: June 26, 2017

Indiscriminate use of antibiotics in India is making common infections like urinary tract nfection (UTI) deadly. Urologists say five out of every 10 UTI patients are now requiring injectable drugs and, in some cases, even that fails to help.

Destroying radical Islamic terror together is top goal: Trump, Modi
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PM Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump both said on Tuesday “destroying radical Islamic terrorism together” and “ending terror safe havens” is one of the main goals of their countries’ strategic partnership. Both leaders made individual statements to the media and discussed “shared goals”.

Amid speculation over change in financial year from 2018, top government sources said that a final decision is yet to be taken. A news agency said that a change in financial year commencement to January, instead of April, could also prompt the government to advance Budget presentation to November this year.

The government appears to have zeroed in on constitutional expert K K Venugopal as Mukul Rohatgi’s successor for the attorney general’s post. His name is likely to be announced after PM Narendra Modi’s return from the US.

The Centre made a last-ditch effort to get Jammu & Kashmir on board to launch goods and services tax (GST) from July 1 with finance minister Arun Jaitley suggesting that the state government had elbow room to convey its concurrence to join the new regime.